Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

glance at Kai

has

did not stare at the archer for long,

ridiculously charming, but after becoming a Master, his looks assumed an almost hypnotizing quality. It was easy to get distracted if one

studying Kai and Cassie for a bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head ruefully, a stunned expression on his face. He

no one he had ever met was able to match. The

And Sunny himself?

as Soul Reaper had once predicted, but even he couldn't call himself unassuming anymore. The scrawny kid

to Sunny himself, golden threads of Weaver's forbidden legacy glowed with

of them settled around the table and shared

they should have been exhilarated by their triumph over the Nightmare, none of the four seemed too joyous…

however, just felt… hurt, tired, and

there was no time for weakness. They had to carry on no matter how deep the wounds dealt to their souls cut. Now that the danger had

the Ivory City… all

others had their share of demons

cup of tea, looked

remember much after

dropped her fork and stared at the archer with

what? You were swallowed

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

sort of… jumped into his mouth. Because I didn't know how else to

anything. She even forgot about her food

down,

that I would not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After you killed the dragon, there was no real reason for

quiet for a few moments,